# Pacific Northwest National Laboratory On-Premises Next-Gen AI Compute Data Center > Proposed: a 40 MW data center in Benton County, Washington, from the Kapwork Grow tracker (1 source). Sources and dates on every fact. Page: https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/pacific-northwest-national-laboratory-on-premises-next-gen-ai-compute-data-center-wa-dc_b288e848a1f9 Markdown: https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/pacific-northwest-national-laboratory-on-premises-next-gen-ai-compute-data-center-wa-dc_b288e848a1f9.md Updated: Nov 3, 2026 Publisher: Kapwork Grow, a free directory of public records Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has proposed a 40 MW data center in Benton County, Washington (proposed). One source reports this facility in the Kapwork Grow tracker. (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Nov 2, 2026) ## Facts - **Operator:** Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026) - **Stage:** Proposed (Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026) - **Reported capacity:** 40 MW (Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026) - **Announced:** Feb 25, 2026 (Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026) - **Expected completion:** 2028 (Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026) - **City:** Richland (Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026) - **County:** Benton County (Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026) - **State:** Washington (Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026) - **Location precision:** Approximate: city centroid (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **AI workload:** AI or machine-learning workload reported (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Facility type:** AI data center (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) ## What each source reports | Dataset | Reported name | Reported status | Reported MW | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Server Country | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory On-Premises Next-Gen AI Compute Data Center | Proposed | 40 MW | ## Questions this page answers ### Is Pacific Northwest National Laboratory On-Premises Next-Gen AI Compute Data Center under construction? No permit record shows it yet, so this page prints it as announced. Server Country (Sep 24, 2026) reports it as proposed. ### Who is building Pacific Northwest National Laboratory On-Premises Next-Gen AI Compute Data Center? Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is the operator. No public record names the general contractor yet. It shows here the day one does. ### When is Pacific Northwest National Laboratory On-Premises Next-Gen AI Compute Data Center expected to finish? Server Country reports expected completion in 2028. That is a reported target, not a schedule. ### Which carriers serve Pacific Northwest National Laboratory On-Premises Next-Gen AI Compute Data Center? No public record names them yet. They show here when a filing does. ### How do contractors on Pacific Northwest National Laboratory On-Premises Next-Gen AI Compute Data Center get paid sooner? The owner pays the general contractor, and the general contractor pays its subcontractors. Once your customer approves your invoice, certify it with Kapwork. Funders compete to fund it, so you don't wait for the payment date. Free for businesses. Kapwork doesn't lend and doesn't contact your customer. ## Latest updates - [Expected completion reported](https://servercountry.org/data/projects/). Reported for 2028. - **Feb 25, 2026:** [Reported as announced](https://servercountry.org/data/projects/) ## Related records - [AWS Wallula Gap Campus](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/aws-wallula-gap-campus-wa-dc_8d34838854bd): Same state - [Advance Phase LLC Walla Walla Campus (Project Tree)](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/advance-phase-llc-walla-walla-campus-project-tree-wa-dc_4d6ca12f0dca): Same state - [Atlas Agro Richland Data Center Campus](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/atlas-agro-richland-data-center-campus-wa-dc_ecfe9dabbaa6): Same state - [Bitdeer Wenatchee (Pangborn) Data Center](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/bitdeer-wenatchee-pangborn-data-center-wa-dc_a50e2984e178): Same state - [Blue Fern Cle Elum Data Center](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/blue-fern-cle-elum-data-center-wa-dc_e8e67f988ed3): Same state ## What this record does not show - This record is the Kapwork Grow tracker's merged view of a facility, from the tracker snapshot built 2026-11-02. Facts tagged KW are the tracker's resolved values; the per-source rows it was merged from are listed under Sources and on the tracker record. - Sources on this record: Server Country, https://servercountry.org/data/ (CC BY 4.0). Every source is licensed for commercial use with attribution. - An announced or permitted build is not a contract, an open bid or a purchase order. - Capacity figures are as reported by the cited sources and may describe planned rather than energised capacity. ## Sources - [Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0)](https://servercountry.org/data/projects/) · as of Sep 24, 2026 · record 0866 - [Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here](https://kapwork.com/app/grow/datacenters/projects/pacific-northwest-national-laboratory-on-premises-next-gen-ai-compute-data-center-wa) · as of Nov 2, 2026 · record 196301082370553 ## Have an invoice your customer approved? Certify your approved invoices. Funders compete to fund them. Multiple offers. 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